We entered Dwapara Yuga in only 1900, a period that will last 2,400 years. following a 200 year Sandhi or interval.The forces of Kali Yuga are not fully left, simply retreating but not without a fight!
They take the form of extreme black and white thinking and "them" v's "us" mentalities, characterized in the 1930s by Nationalist Socialism in Germany and Communist Socialism in Russia, both equally evil, essentially sacrificing individual progression to herd mentality (known as solidarite in French) and today still strongly present in unions of doctors and lawyers around the world, restricting healthcare and justice to the highest bidders while arguing the opposite.
In religion, this mindset lead to massed battles in the Middle Ages between Christians and Muslems over who should have the most members, with the lingering expressions being that of fundamentlist Christianity in the US and Fundamentalist Islam in Saudia Arabia, the latter funding terrorism (a fact the US state department would like to ignore).
In modern times, the successions of Prophets in the Mormon Church lead to bloodshed and murder among the different factions and in only the past ten years to lawsuits between SRF and Ananda.
The 1967 Palo Alto experiment in modern Fascism known as "the Wave" illustrates that there is still power left in these Kali states of consciousness. California is after all at the leading edge of world thought, being the most advanced state of the most advanced country in the world, holding both the craddle of technology in Silicon Valley and culture in Hollywood, much as Britain, France and Germany did in centuries past. It was California that Yogananda chose as the launching pad for his mission after gaining little traction in Massachusetts.
Kali ideas are alive and well in military boot camps around the world (making good soldiers and later huge groups finding normal life hard to adjust to) as well as corporate sales training of ruthless true-believers of the latest advances whether stealth fighters, DNA manipulation or Windows 7.
In the wave, the ideas of discipline and community are turned on their heads to be short-hands for violence and exclusion. As ever, the individualism espoused by Sri Yukteswar and Vivekananda is a fine antidote to conformist, group think of whatever variety.
In the wave, the ideas of discipline and community are turned on their heads to be short-hands for violence and exclusion. As ever, the individualism espoused by Sri Yukteswar and Vivekananda is a fine antidote to conformist, group think of whatever variety.
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